Population Ecology of Raptors

As a boy in a Derbyshire village, Ian Newton discovered his first sparrowhawk nest and so began a continuing fascination with this relatively common but often elusive bird of prey. Many years later as a scientist with the Nature Conservancy Council he embarked on a 14-year study of the species in two areas of southwest Scotland, attempting each year to trap and ring all sparrowhawks present and to find all of their nests. As a result many individuals were closely studied throughout their lives.

Introduction

1 Relationship between the sexes
2 Dispersion
3 Breeding density
4 Winter density
5 Problems concerning nest-sites
6 Breeding seasons
7 Breeding strategies
8 Breeding rates
9 Behaviour in the breeding season
10 Fidelity to breeding areas
11 Movements
12 Mortality
13 Human persecution
14 DDT and other organo-chlorines
15 Other pollutions and pesticides
16 Conservation management
17 Breeding from captive birds
18 Conclusions

Bibliography
Scientific names of raptors
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